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Fall 2007-Winter 2008

Congratulations to our mini-grant winners!

• Altamont Elementary School - Guilderland
  
• Cohoes High School - Cohoes City
  
• Glencliff Elementary School - Niskayuna
  
• Hamagrael Elementary School - Bethlehem
  
• Joseph B. Radez Elementary - Cobleskill-Richmondville
  
• Lincoln Elementary School - Scotia-Glenville
  
• Okte Elementary School - Shenendehowa
  
• Philip Livingston Middle School - Albany City
  
• Pinewood Elementary School - Mohonasen
  
• Westmere Elementary School - Guilderland

Spring 2007

Leading Learning Through The School Library: A Guided Inquiry Approach with Dr. Ross Todd

May 4, 2007, 8:30 - 3:00
Hudson Valley Community College Bulmer Auditorium

Participants MUST register online

This program, set within the context of current educational emphases on quality teaching and learning, meaningful pedagogy, standards based  education, learning outcomes and evidence-based practice, will provide participants with research-based frameworks and strategies for designing and  implementing constructivist approaches to inquiry-centered learning through the school library. 

Participants will gain:

• an understanding of current research in relation to constructivist learning, and student information seeking and learning in complex and diverse information environments.
• an understanding of approaches to rethinking and reshaping information literacy education from a constructivist learning framework.
• an understanding of the principles of  guided inquiry as a pedagogical framework for constructivist learning through the school library.
• strategies for designing instructional interventions for guided inquiry, and instructional exemplars.
• strategies and processes for measuring and charting learning outcomes.

• (Printable PDF brochure)

Winter 2006

Mini-Grants awarded to schools

Congratulations to the following Capital Region BOCES School Library System members. These schools have been awarded an SLS Mini-Grant.

All materials purchased by these grants will be available for Interlibrary Loan for all member schools.

• Albany City Schools
  • Livingston Middle School
  • Myers Middle School
  • Thomas O'Brien (TOAST)

• Bethlehem Central Schools
  • Bethlehem High School
  • Bethlehem Middle School
  • Slingerlands Elementary

• Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School

• Brown School

• Cobleskill-Richmondville
  • Cobleskill High School
  • Golding Middle School
  • Ryder Elementary

• Cohoes City Schools
  • Abram Lansing
  • Cohoes High School
  • Cohoes Middle School

• Duanesburg High School

• Green Island School
  • Heatly School

• Guilderland Central Schools
  • Guilderland Elementary
  • Lynwood Elementary
  • Westmere Elementary

• Mohonasen Central Schools
  • Bradt Elementary
  • Pinewood Elementary

• Niskayuna Central Schools
  • Birchwood Elementary
  • Craig Elementary
  • Glencliff Elementary
    
• Northeast Parent & Child
  • Northeast Parent & Child @ Grout Park

• Schalmont Central Schools
  • Schalmont High School
  • Schalmont Middle School

• Schoharie Central Schools
  • Schoharie Elementary
  • Schoharie High School

• Scotia-Glenville Central Schools
  • Glendaal Elementary
  • Scotia-Glenville High School

• Shenendehowa Central Schools
  • Karigon Elementary
  • Okte Elementary

Fall 2006

Capital Region BOCES School Library System announces Mini-Grants to schools!

The Capital Region BOCES SLS will award mini-grants to eligible schools for the purchase of library materials to support instruction and teacher-librarian collaboration.

These mini-grants are intended to boost school library collections, update the average age of collections and provide resources for inquiry-based, collaborative experiences for learners.

All public and non-public member libraries are eligible to apply. Applicants must be in good standing with the SLS, having submitted all required documents (ILL statistics, 2005-2006 Member Plan, etc.)

There must be a NYS certified SLMS who will act as custodian of these funds.

These are competitive grants. A subcommittee of the SLS Council will award grants. Strong preference will be given to proposals that include teacher/librarian collaborative projects and inquiry based learning.

Applicants are encouraged to read all directions and to submit all documents on time.

• Grant Announcement (PDF)
• Application (PDF)

Fall 2006

TOP 10 WAYS YOU CAN BOOST STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT USING YOUR SCHOOL LIBRARY SYSTEM

10. Browse the professional collection for great ideas to motivate kids to read, improve information literacy and improve your library program.

9. Re-write and update your Information Literacy Curriculum for 21st century fluency competencies.

8. Collect evidence.  Is your program making a difference? Participate in "Evidence-Based Practice" programs to learn how to find out!

7. Borrow materials from all of the local schools, colleges and public libraries. Don't tell your clients (teachers OR students) that you don't have it. Get it! Use Interlibrary Loan.

6. Build your network. Use the SLS listserv and directories. Got a sticky question? Get answers for your students by tapping the brains of all of your colleagues in the area.

5. Stay up-to-date! Attend technology related workshops on blogs, podcasts, wikis, search engines etc. Be a step ahead!

4. Collaborate. Practice what you preach. Attend Liaison and/or Council meetings and work collaboratively with other librarians.

3. Retrieve the best and most up-to-date articles and information using NOVEL and other online databases.

2. Teach your faculty, administration and students to search online using NOVEL and other online databases.

1. Contact your SLS staff for all kinds of information and updates. 464-5104 or send e-mail to lfox@gw.neric.org and mhannan@gw.neric.org

Summer 2006

"Learning and thinking skills. As much as students need to learn academic content, they also need to know how to keep learning — and make effective and innovative use of what they know — throughout their lives. Learning and thinking skills are comprised of:

• Critical-thinking and problem-solving skills
• Communication skills
• Creativity and innovation skills
• Collaboration skills
• Contextual learning skills
• Information and media literacy skills

ICT literacy. Information and communications technology (ICT) literacy is the ability to use technology to develop 21st century content knowledge and skills, in the context of learning core subjects. Students must be able to use technology to learn content and skills — so that they know how to learn, think critically, solve problems, use information, communicate, innovate and collaborate."

Fall 2005

IMPACT Training participants proudly show their donations for 10,000 Books.

September 2005

BOOT CAMP 2005 - All of these librarians are either brand new librarians OR experienced librarians with new positions for the 05-06 school year. At Capital Region BOCES SLS we wish them every success in their new endeavors!

(L to R) MaryBeth Farr (NYS Library), George DuChant (Indian Lake Central School), Jan Tunison (Scotia-Glenville HS), Jeff Selby (Chatham High School), Santina Florio (Scotia-Glenville Middle School), Liz Ryan (Glen Worden Elementary School), Melissa Bergin (Niskayuna HS & Cap Region BOCES Administrative Intern & Boot Camp Facilitator), Cindy Hoffmann (Brown School), and Sharon Gaffney (Averill Park High School).

June 30, 2005

The 2005 Librarians' Reading Lists are now on-line.This year we have 76 titles recommended by librarians across the country, but mostly in Upstate New York.

April 26, 2005

Helping Kids Succeed: The Role of The Library Support Staff!

On April 26, 65 library support staff met at the Capital Region BOCES for training and collaboration. After a short presentation on the services of the School Library System, Round Table discussions provided everyone with a chance to share ideas and strategies for their school libraries. Over 17 districts and 47 public and private schools were represented. Here you'll see four of our participants from the Cobleskill-Richmondville Central Schools. More Photos

April 20, 2005

Meet Shelley Nugent - "Making It Real!" Recruitment Grant Recipient

Shelley Nugent is currently a classroom teacher at Central Park Middle School in the Schenectady City Schools. She is just beginning on her journey toward the Master's of Library Science at SUNY Albany. Shelley is the successful candidate in the Capital Region BOCES "Making It Real!" grant. This means that Shelley's tuition will be paid for by our LSTA grant. Shelley will be looking for schools in which to do her field experiences and her internships. She will occasionally be attending workshops and meetings. If you run into Shelley, please welcome her to the profession!

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